Edwin Little of Little's Flower Shoppe and Linwood Duck of Windsor Garden Florist were the judges.

* Robert Carsey has been elected to the board of trustees of the United Way of the Virginia Peninsula. Carsey is the general manager of the Holiday Inn, Hampton-Coliseum Hotel and Conference Center and regional director of operations for Mardeck Ltd., which owns and operates the Hampton Inn, the Holiday Inn, Newport News and the Holiday Inn, Hampton-Coliseum Hotel and Conference Center.

His responsibilities as a board of trustees member include electing officers, trustees and directors as well as making changes in the by-laws of the organization.

Carsey has been active in fund-raising efforts for the United Way since relocating to this area from Maryland.